Author, prize-winning playwright and award-winning historian Meredith Bean McMath is the Managing Director of Run Rabbit Run Theatre and Run Rabbit Run Productions, Inc. She holds a BA in History from the The College of William and Mary and an MS in Arts Administration from Shenandoah University.
Works include original plays and documentaries, the books for three musicals, the concept and libretto for an opera, freelance articles and novels. McMath's living history productions and presentations have been commissioned by museums and preservation groups that include The National Museum of American History, The Newseum, The Lincoln Preservation Foundation, The Waterford Foundation, and The National Trust's Oatlands Plantation,
Through RUN RABBIT RUN THEATRE, McMath brings together area artists to produce high caliber theatre productions in Loudoun County and DC area. From its first production - McMath's Case 22 at the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival - the company has won critical acclaim for its stage adaptations and musicals, contemporary and original plays.
IN THE NEWS
July & August 2019
McMath's play ALL FOR THE UNION appeared at the 2019 Capital Fringe Festival
followed by two sold out weekends at historic Aldie Mill in Aldie, Virginia.
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CURRENT SERVICE Marketing Director and Board member for VSA - Loudoun County, the nonprofit organization dedicated to providing arts and theatre arts opportunities for the disabled and their families. Former Service: Marketing Director and Board Member of the Loudoun Lyric Opera; Board of Directors member of the Loudoun Arts Council and Loudoun Youth Initiative; Member of the Leesburg Performing Arts Center Economic Task Force; a Region IVb Grant Panelist for the Virginia Commission for the Arts; Theatre Judge for The Loudoun Arts Council's annual Gale Waldron Excellence in the Arts awards. EDUCATION
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HISTORY HONORS
- League of Women Voters Award for advancing the knowledge of women's History, Loudoun County, VA
- Loudoun History Award for "Significant contribution to Loudoun History, Thomas Balch History Library, Leesburg, VA
- League of Women Voters of Loudoun Award for “Advancing the awareness of women’s history”
THEATRE HONORS
- Best Director of a Musical, DC Metro Theatre Arts “Best of 2012” for Once Upon A Christmas Carol
- “Women with Vision" Honor, Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville, VA
- First Prize for the play, “Sticks and Stones”, Source Theatre, WDC
- Arts Administration Graduate Award, Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester, VA
In this July 2018 interview, Nancy Wyatt of My Persuasive Presentations takes a close look at Run Rabbit Run Theatre and McMath's work:
"My evocative conversation with Meredith reminded me of the adage given to actors using the Acting Stanislavski method. It states that, while performing, they should listen and respond, not just memorize their lines and speak from rote. Meredith lives Method Acting in a real-life expressive discourse..."
"My evocative conversation with Meredith reminded me of the adage given to actors using the Acting Stanislavski method. It states that, while performing, they should listen and respond, not just memorize their lines and speak from rote. Meredith lives Method Acting in a real-life expressive discourse..."